Autoflower Tutorials

Growing Mediums In order to serve as a suitable replacement for soil, the substrate must be capable of supporting the root system, accumulating moisture and nutrients. It should be inert, free of insects and diseases, and durable. Moreover, the substrate should permit adequate aeration of the roots, and have first-rate drainage ability. Plants roots need sufficient access to oxygen from the air, in order to grow and take up water and nutrients. Poor drainage can lead to decreased growth, stunting, wilting, and discoloration of the leaves- in the worst cases “drowning the plant.” There are several different types of growing mediums used in hydroponic gardening, none of which are soil. These mediums are considered to be...

Hi everyone, i have a question about auto's training techniques these ponytail and topping. I want apply these techniques at the same time yeah im wondering that. How can i do this?

The Bedroom Gardeners Bible - Revised 2018 / 19. I created an Autoflower Grow Guide for beginners a few years back, and have recently updated it. There's always issues with sharing things via PDF, so I've printed the document in JPG form and uploaded it exclusively to Autoflower.net Hope this is of use to you some of you. If necessary, I'm sure I'll find somewhere online to keep a PDF copy.

Colorado Dreaming’s Ultimate LED Guide So here we are. We decided to grow some weed and all your research shows you the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing. Meanwhile, all you want to want to know is what lights will work best for your grow without damaging your new babies. Well you have have found the right place. Especially if you want just the facts and no bullshit salesman gimmicks or sci-fi scientist talk. With that being said, there are a few basics we must cover and I will do my best to explain them in layman stoner terms. Also to avoid confusion, discount everything else you have read. You will find most of it aligns with what I have to say however there are some misconceptions which I will address...

One of the most frequently asked questions is how do I know when my autos are ready to pick? The convention wisdom from growing photo period plants was to watch for color change in the trichomes, or crystals. For an uplifting high, harvest when the trichomes are all cloudy, for more of a stone, wait till a percentage have turned amber. Sound advice, for photos. But autos are a little different. While some strains have shown amber trics, many do not. So how do I know when they are ready? I watch the the fan leaves. Over the past several years of growing autos I started taking samples at various stages of growth to evaluate the high. I tend to prefer my smoke with a little stone so began to leave them longer than the 8-9 weeks...

Welcome. :Sharing One: I have been asked by a few members what my germination method is. So I have decided to post my process so it will be available to all to reference. Let's get to it.. My method is using the following: Root Riot cubes ( or Rapid Rooters) Glad container Wifi router ( cable or satellite box will work too) I prefer to use Root Riot cubes or Rapid Rooters. When seeds cost $5-15 I like to make them germ on the first shot. A bag like this cost me an average $25us. Next, Choose your seeds. For this demonstration I'll be using my Little Richard beans. Now place a seed into the hole at the top of the rooter cube. Once the seed is in, push it down approximately 1/2" (12mm) It should be far enough in the cube as to...

Hello AFN ! Something is unclear to me regarding the post germination process, i.e the phase where we plant the sprouted seed in her final pot. Should I wet the soil, or not ? If so, to what extent ? Last time (first grow) I didn't humidify the soil and I think that maybe the plant was stunted - but maybe I'm wrong lol ! Anyway, if someone could clarify this step, It will be a relief because I will start my second grow very soon... Thanks !

Trying a couple of new things this grow. King Gelato Fem Auto from AutoCanada. First, germinated fully in distilled water, ~ 1/4" tap root after 36 hours. Do Not miss the whole paper towel thingee :biggrin: Cut open an older bag of ProMix Hp and found it to be quite dry. Filled up my yogurt containers and wet with a 75% solution of Mega Crop's recommendation for seedlings/early veg. Common knowledge seems to be to wait two to three weeks to start feeding but in what medium ? Maybe a bit early to judge but color looks good, no signs of burning and the first set of leaves are still green. Comments ? Day 9 above ground.... Cheers.

Howdy Y’all! :toke: Not sure if I posted this in the proper place, please move if not but I need some edjumakatin’ :baked: A couple weeks ago on my SSSC G&S post it was mentioned that my EC levels were way too high:yoinks: Up until that point I had only one “guide” to use, which was this one from Fox Farms It was at that time that I was given this EC chart by @SuperSativaSeedClub-David.:thanks: As you can see there is a significant difference in the EC levels ! I started out playing with the EC levels because I decided to try my first DWC bucket grow a couple months ago. It’s been going very well, so much so that I will most likely switch over to all DWC this fall. When I was having leaf yellowing issues in soil, (Mendel Below)...

In our eagerness to do everything faster than nature intends we all have snapped shoots. This one was a topped auto. It snapped to a hang, just held by a sliver. I put a silicone blister bandaid on it, and held it in position while I wrapped it tight A week later, it's doing fine you must do this immediately, time is of the essence.

I was going to plant this out, but I've changed my mind and decided to grow the plant in it's 5" pot. I am hoping to get something like what I've seen in a good solo cup challenge. This is purely for fun and to make use of my photon spill. I have obtained a seedling mix with fertiliser already in it and I mixed in some perlite, I used that to surround the little eazyplug, for the bottom of the pot, I mixed in a little extra tomato compost also with added fertiliser, into the seedling mix and put that in the bottom 2". Mixture is loose and damp, but not wet. My plan is to use the GP3 nutrients I'm using for my hydro, in fact I can just scoop some out of my reservoir but I'm happy to mix up something tailor made. I have not used any...

Hi, I need some advice for LST! This baby lemon haze is 21 days old and we just did its first LST. Is it looking good and proper? Should the main stem more leaned to the soil or this angle is okey? And should I do LST to the marked branch or should I waiting for couple of days?

Hi all. So I made it to the end of my first grow with a critical auto. Had a power cut at one stage for a day but made it to the end with a pretty small yield. Nutrition: Sensi grow and sensi bloom part a and b. I used the recommended dosage per litre on the bottle and watered every second day or so. Medium: Soil with John innes and mixed with about 30% perlite. Led: Generic small light, this is probably a big factor. Also my humidifier shorted the light out at 70% at one point causing a power cut. Going to upgrade this soon to a spider 300w with Samsung diodes that's hopefully a bit more waterproof. Grow tent: 2.5 X 2.5ft My next grow is likely to be Jack herer. Possibly going for 3 to 4 of them. Should I change to a different...

Greetings AFNers. i am bout 60 days or so in to my first and of course am starting to plan my next grow. Some frivolous details.. My current ‘Lab’ is a 27x27x60 in a closet grow, i have one ‘Skydancer’ in a 5 gal fabric (truth be told it’s probably like 3.5 gal full: just being transparent) and she is taking up like nearly ALL of the space with only her.. I am just doing some minor LST tying down and tucking before that since this is my first grow and i wanna ‘just observe‘ primarily this first go.. no Defoliation or Super cropping…Im running in Super-ish-soil that i custom mixed with FFOF and FFHF as bases and some organic amendments and some other macro goodies.. been perfect so far! i am going to do another round of beans when...

Hi everyone, I'm planning of using a scrog net for my next grow, it will be 2 blackberry auto from DP in 16L fabric pot , grow tent 0.8m x 0.8m x 1.8m, 2 mars ts1000 (one each basically). My plan is to topped at 5th internode and apply the net straight way, in the end of the day vertical grow is not important as I have to "cover" the whole net , is it right? Would you topped before ? 4th or even 3rd internode? If plants was photo, no problem, as you can manage the switch, but with auto? Any thoughts/ideas/suggestion/personal experience will be much appreciated. Thanks for reading and happy growing. :d5:

25 things I wish I knew starting out (most of which I learned on AFN). I put this list together as an attempt to make a list of important concepts I have learned on this journey – and that I wish I had known from the start. Maybe it will accelerate a new grower's learning curve. This is in no specific order of priority. All of these are IMHO, and YMMV. I am certain some will disagree. Please feel free to add your own, asks questions, and thanks! 1. (Hydro): Nutrient balance – trying to add this and that to correct a perceived deficiency usually doesn’t work just makes it out of balance – just do a res change. Understand the concept of balanced nutrients. 2. (Hydro): root health is the key (many paths to this one)...

Hey folks, new grower here, I will be potting up some Autos next week, I don't want to transplant though, for my last grow I used plant magic supreme soil but fancy a change this time round, I've been looking at batmix from Plagron, from what I've read it's way too hot for seedlings and as I mentioned I'd rather not transplant any of my autos. I was thinking about layering their bat mix with their light mix. Would this still carry the risk of burning them? I'm in 2 minds at the minute, do I just say fuck it and use their light mix instead or layer bat mix at the bottom and light mix at the topif I go down that path I'm not really sure the ratio I should use, any advice would be very much appreciated

Hey All, I have 3yrs on and off experience with DWC. Here are a list of some of the lessons I have learnt on my journey. Most of these I have learnt the hard way, and I want to pass what I know on so nobody runs into the same issues I have. Some of these will bleed into each other. If one goes wrong its likely another will follow. 1) PH. Check PH every day or so. You want to maintain as close to 5.8 as you can. As it can fluctuate a bit, which is fine to a degree. If it's continously rising over a few days, consider the solution temperature. Which leads me on to number 2. 2) Solution temperature. Optimal range is 18-20c, which can be a challenge. Specially when the tent environment is a fair bit higher and the buckets are...

Having a problem finding info on silver thiosulfate on autoflower for feminized seed production. As of lately my colloidal silver isn’t creating male flowers on my newer strains I am trying to grow in an ebb and flow coco coir setup .STS seems to be my next step. How often do you spray an autoflower ? Photo period plants you apparently spray once a week. If anyone has another alternative I am all ears. I am also going to try tiresias mist. My ph is between 5.7 and 6.2. Thank you for your consideration .

I’m hoping the video will work. Been having problems with YouTube.